Jose m hernandez wikipedia

# Image Name
Birth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date) 1 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
January 29, 1942  CubaFirst person from Latin America to fly in space.

First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space. Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980) 2 Rodolfo Neri Vela
February 19, 1952  MexicoFirst Mexican in space.

STS-61-B (November 26, 1985) 3 Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950  United States
( Costa Rica) First Costa Rican astronaut STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002) 4 Sidney M.

Gutierrez
June 27, 1951  United States
( Mexico) First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut STS-40 (June 5, 1991)
STS-59 (April 9, 1994) 5 Ellen Ochoa
May 10, 1958  United States
( Mexico) First female Hispanic astronaut ST